We’ve been using object types and union types by writing them directly in type annotations. This is convenient, but it’s common to want to use the same type more than once and refer to it by a single name. A type alias is exactly that - a name for any type.
One of TypeScript’s core principles is that type checking focuses on the shape that values have. This is sometimes called “duck typing” or “structural subtyping”. In TypeScript, interfaces fill the role of naming these types, and are a powerful way of defining contracts within your code as well as contracts with code outside of your project.
TypeScript offers full support for the class keyword introduced in ES2015. As with other JavaScript language features, TypeScript adds type annotations and other syntax to allow you to express relationships between classes and other types.